And keep in mind that Trump is claiming that he was irreparably harmed because an IRS subcontractor gave two-years worth of his tax returns to the New York Times. If this had ever gone to court it would have been thrown out. After all, ever since Nixon was president, all presidential and vice-presidential candidates have released years worth of their income tax returns and there's no record that any of them have ever been harmed by those releases, so how could Trump make that claim unless he was afraid that it would show that he had cheated on his taxes or that he was not as wealthy as he claimed that he was.

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Trump claims he knows nothing about what was agreed to between his lawyers and the DOJ when they set up the nearly $1.8 billion slush fund, referred to as the Anti-Weaponization Fund'. If that's true, then the bar association needs to open an investigation as lawyers are required, by law, to get their clients concurrence before they're allowed to accept any deal in their client's name.

But that aside, it appears that the agreement that Trump's lawyers made with the DOJ and the Treasury Department is that Trump will appoint five individuals, whom he can remove anytime he wishes for whatever reason he wishes, to a panel which will decide who gets money from this slush fund. And the way it's set up, conceivably it will only take two individuals to agree for a payment to be made since three individuals will constitute a quorum and only a majority is needed for a decision, which would therefore only need to be two individuals.

Also, the payouts will be confidential and the individuals receiving them will not have to pay any taxes on the money. Also, there will be no restrictions on how the money is spent, meaning that it could be used to fund a criminal enterprise or it could conceivably be paid to individuals who are not US citizens or who don't even reside in the United States. Basically, there are NO restrictions on who can receive a payout, even to a member of the Trump family. The only individual, who is barred by law from taking any of the money, is Donald Trump himself.

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